Arts, Ideas, and Travel
Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable. By: Ames Alexander/Floodlight Sep 9, 2026 Across much of the U.S., people have little…
Women said they face harassment and lack proper medical care. By Beth Schwartzapfel September 12, 2026 This article was first published by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering…
The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI hear those differences better than human psychiatrists? By Astrid Landon 09.09.2026 Schizophrenia is tough to…
By: Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University and Nicholas Carnes, Duke University Both major U.S. political parties regularly tout their commitment to working-class Americans and claim to be the party of the…
by Kevin Hardy, Stateline September 4, 2026 Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states. Last…
SEPTEMBER 02, 2026 We speak to Richard Wolff, a prominent Marxist economist, about the economic fallout from the war on Iran, which recently reached the six-month mark. “Because it’s only…
By: Syeda Noor Fatima August 15, 2026 When 46-year-old Rajab Ali, a transgender man, spent his life savings to build a mosque for his local community in Okara district of…
By: Kate Guthrie, University of Bristol August 21, 2026 There is nothing unusual about fans wanting to express their enthusiasm for the celebrities they adore. But there are always a…
Here’s a wrap-up of our funniest takes on planetary threats — articles and commentaries that use humor and satire to underscore tragedy or release overwhelming tension. August 19, 2026 –…
‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence
by: Xan Brooks September 11, 2026 On a darkened rooftop in Tel Aviv, Israeli intelligence officers outline the details of their work. These men tell us how they helped develop…